Conclusive considerations

Complications in the corset therapy are not so frequent; the commonest problem is the psychological one. In the treatment of these patients, considerable aptitudes are necessary by the practitioner; the family and the physician must support the child throughout this period of stress. When the corset is rejected by the patient for psychological reasons, its use becomes sporadic.

Another frequent complication is represented by sores: as a rule, these are caused by inaccurate construction or adaptation of the corset; the local care of sores proves successless if the corset is not properly modified. Skin irritation can occur below the pelvic grip and can be due to excessive perspiration or allergy. If the irritation persists, the removal of the corset for a few days is enough to solve the cutaneous erosion. Allergy to plastic material and leather is frequent too: in this case, it is necessary to line the inner side of the pelvic grip with synthetic sponges (Alimed, Pelide, Plastazolo).

Sometimes, a paresthetic meralgia can appear – owing to the excessive pressure on the anterosuperior iliac spine – in the lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh: the numbness easily recedes with an adequate removal of the compression in said area